On page 2, fill out the form. Check the 3 square boxes on top and fill in required info next to blanks with a red *. For "Choice of Party," we suggest that you choose Republican, or Independent or Democrat. When you get to "ID Number," click on the (instructions) immediately below "ID Number" to know what to fill in. After you have filled in the required information, go to the bottom of the page to click on the "Preview My Voter Registration."

On page 3, you proofread the information, then click on "Download Form" -my registration application at the bottom of the page.

Print out the first 3 of the 4 pages. P 1 has instructions which you need BEFORE you MAIL the registration form in. P 2 is the form you've just filled out which has to be SIGNED & DATED. P 3 has the address you need to send your application in.

Upon receiving your application, your state will mail you a" voter registration card." YOU NEED TO FILL THAT OUT AND MAIL IT IN. Only then are you registered. Note that registering to vote is ALWAYS A TWO-STEP PROCESS, whether you register via a website or go to a registration place in person.

When the "Voter Registration Card" comes,you may want to choose to vote by absentee PERMANENTLY. That is you can VOTE BY MAIL instead of going to a polling place. In many states, including CA, no excuse is required. It is again the easiest way!!!

Most states allow it. About 20 days before Nov. 2, you will receive a ballot on which you may check whom to vote for. Put the ballot in an envelope, sign on the back side of the envelop, mail it and you will have voted. You will have fulfilled you sacred duty as a citizen, and AS AN EDUCATED PERSON.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

The following are IMPORTANT CALIFORNIA ELECTION STATISTICS. Please read and internalize. Our becoming first class citizensdepend on YOUR understanding of their implications!

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2008 CA general election statistics*:

Number of CA voters in 2008 presidential election: 13.7 millionNumber of CA Asian American voters in 2008: 1.1 million

2010 CA primary election statistics**

Number of voters in 2010 Rep. primary: 1.6 million No. of votes for Fiorina, winner, US Senate GOP primary: 0.9 million Number of voters in 2010 Dem. primary: 1.6 million No. of votes for Harris, winner, Attorney General: 0.55 million

Note: Only 3.2 million CA voters voted in yesterday's primary, i.e. only 1 out of every 4 persons who voted in the 2008 general election bothered to vote in the 2010 primary -- a common pattern throughout USA. Yesterday, was when AsAms in CA could have been political kingmakers, Opportunities Lost!

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Seize the Next Opportunity !

Irish, Polish, Italian and Jewish immigrants gained their first class citizenship through the POLITICAL PROCESS! What? Translate that please! Be of sufficient influence in elections so that politicians will share your rightful concerns.

How? Through California's primary elections.

Why? Because we have the highest % of voters in CA, & because only 1 out of 4 other voters bother to vote, so we'll have sufficient influence in primary elections if all AsAms vote & vote in a bloc.

Do you have empirical facts to back up your proposal? Yes. 80-20 secured Pres. Obama's extremely significant commitments to the Asian Am. community through the 2008 presidential primary in CA.

OK, I'm with you now. Does that mean we don't pay attention to all other elections? No. CA primaries will be the most cost-effective. But other elections are still important. Examples are CA's next gubernatorial and US senate elections, and all other Congressional elections which are very closely contested where our bloc vote can play the deciding role.